In January-March of 2016, revenues from the exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the European Union totaled 1.2 bln USD, an increase of 15.3% compared with the same period in the previous year, declared the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Vladyslava Rutytska on April 25.

Ukraine said to have the worst track record in the world regarding vat tax refund payments

The government of Ukraine is once again holding back the payment of huge sums of value-added tax refunds, for long periods of time, owed to grain exporters and other private companies. Ukraine is reported by many private companies to have the worst track record of any country in the world regarding vat tax refund payments, according to the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC).